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very interesting video. just a thought: why isn't there a spotify app for the iphone yet? i remember it being mentioned as 'in the works'. have apple rejected it?

Everyone needs to watch this. Yeah, I know it's common sense for the most part, but it's always great to hear the musicians themselves talking about the issue.

You don't know Dick Dale? Seriously? That's kinda sad.

Aside from that, Music has existed for no one knows how long. Major movements traveled from country to country in a matter of months, or even weeks, during the middle ages. We'll survive without the record industry.

A possible problem I see for the future is that distribution companies(the guys that allow small time music acts to put their stuff on the web) like to make their own formats, to keep better control over their medias. Without larger figureheads standing in the middle of that, we're going to see some difficult battles over the most used format. And to the victors of those battles, go the new keys to the same broken down kingdom...

>> ^id49606:
You don't know Dick Dale? Seriously? That's kinda sad.


is being unaware of dick dale that sad?

And ClearChannel said let there be music & lo, verily, said unto thee "music is what I say it is."

This is why 90% of the music I listen to these days, besides the classic stuff, is non-mainstream. I tend to listen to innovative music, bands that play the clubs, local music, etc. Largely stuff I find crawling through the web.

It's sad what has happened to main stream music over the last few decades. Radio and MTV as well. But eventually, they will eat themselves from within and we will have ourselves another 60's style music revolution. Good thing is, it's already happening. I don't think I've turned on a radio in a decade. The music they play just simply disinterests me.

dick dale?
everyone knows dick dale!
if you ever saw the movie "pulp fiction"..
you have heard dick dale.
what a great short vid,
i could not agree more..
i cant stand the vanilla,cookie-cutter sameness of most of commercial music.
i stopped paying attention to that fluff in the early 90's,
and being such an avid music fan,finding new and interesting music was more of a co-operative search.
people would share what they found,and those people would pass it on.
with the internet,that form of discovery is that much easier.
i have found more fantastic music on the internet than any corporate outlet could ever supply.
sift members have introduced me to some fantastic music.
i really dont know whats going to happen to corporate music,
and i dont much care.
music is an experience to be shared,
and there is so much great music to be found.
the best way is to share with each other.
let the media conglomerates choke on their own greed.
they can keep brittany spears.
im not interested.

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It all seems so futile.

If only there was some kind of alternative distribution method... something like "computers" connected in a "network" that would allow listeners to listen to and promote whatever they want. There could even be a site where musical artists could upload "videos," and viewers could vote on them.

Good to hear people saying what we're all thinking.

It's the same problem across all entertainment, Music, Movies, TV, even Games.
It's the same problem because they are all essentially owned by the same companies.

Every Song is a sound you've heard before with a different face
Every movie, every game is a sequel 2,3,4,5 of the same stuff with a facelift.
Every TV show is the same stuff as last year, season 5,6,7,8 (Season 12 of America's next top model?!)

It sounds cynical but it's true!!
It's all manufactured product that sells advertising and air time.
Creativity is deliberately avoided to avoid risk.

It's our fault. They can sell bland flavorless 'ready to eat' meals - because we keep buying it!

And there's no reason it will stop until we stop consuming it, and demand some flavor.

Frank Zappa made an interesting point that I never really thought about.

The band Against Me! writes songs about their experiences with record labels on a pretty consistent basis. It's really interesting hearing it from their perspective, being one of the bigger bands out there today trying to survive in a 'Flavor of the Month' day and age without losing rights to their music or their souls. It's worth checking out the lyrics to 'Unprotected Sex with Multiple Partners' to get what I mean.

My old guitar teacher recommended a very good book to me. So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll star by Jacob Slichter, the drummer from Semisonic. It gives a very good first hand experience of how the industry operates and how despite millions of dollars being thrown around by the company, the band ends up on the hook for most of it. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoyed this video.

zappa is such a hero! seriously. i dig the man.